Veterinary drench i ng-ho



(No. Model.)

G. A. DURAN.

VETERINARY DRENGHING- HORN.,

No. 395,744. Patented Jan. 8, 1889.

WI TW E ES llrrnn @rares Parar rrrcn,

GEORGE A. DURAN, OF MENOhLlINEE, ll'llClllGAN.

VETERINARY DRENCH NGnHCRN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.. 395,744, dated J' anuary 8, 1:889. Application filed May 16, 1888. Serial No. 274,038. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, GEORGE A. DORAN, a citizen of the United States, residing` at Menominee, in the county of Menominee and State ot Michigan, have invented certain new and useful lmprovemt-nlts in Drenching- Horns; and l do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appcrtains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to drenching-horns for administeringmedicine to horses and cattle. This horn overcomes all ditliculty and danger that are caused by using abottle, which the horse naturally resists. In using a bottle it requires one man to choke. the animal and another to administer the medicine, and the severe clicking to which the animal is subjected docs great injury to lthe throat and windpipe, and is the chief cause of the enlarged throat and cough so common among horses.

lhe object of my invention to obviate the dii'ticul ties heretofore experiencerl by those havi n the care of an i ma ls, particularly horses, and to produce a simple, efficient, and inexpensive device by which medicine can be administered to animals with great ease and comparative comfort both to the attendant and to the animal under treatment.

The improvement consists in a horn constructed with two receptacles or compartments, each of which is provided with a tube, one being the medieincn'lozzle and the other tube, which is preferably flexible, being the nasal-tube.

The improvement further consists in the novel features and combination of parts hereinafter more fully set forth, and shown in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a drenching-horn constructed in accordance with and embodying my invention, and Fig. a ver-` tical sectional view of the device.-

The body of the horn is composed of two receptacles, A and B, placed side by side. The receptacle may form compartments of a single vessel, which is divided by the partition C. The medicineniozzle D is secured to the receptacle B by a screw-joint, so that it can be removed either for filling said receptacle or for substituting another nozzle therefor in case it should become necessar5T to change the nozzle, which oftentimes is broken by the animal clinching his teeth upon it. The nasaltube is secured to the receptacle A by ascrewjoint, e, and is removable for the purpose of filling y said receptacle. lt is composed of two tubes, E and E. The tube E is of rigid material and curved, and the tube E is of flexible material to permit the free manipulation of the same and prevent its doing injury when inserted in the animals nose. The handle F affords a grip for the fingers when using' the device.

In practice the nasal and medicine nozzles can be removed and the device be packed in a small compass. In using the device the medicine to be adniinistered is placed in the receptacle B, and warm liquid, preferably water, is supplied to the receptacle A. The head of the animal Ato be drenched is fastened up at the proper angle to allow the medicine to run down not too fast; then insert the medicine-nozzle in his mouth and the nasal-tube in the nostril. The warm liquid flowing into the nostril will cause the animal to swallow the medicine without further trouble.

lhe two compartn'lents A and B may be in communication through an opening in the lower end ol the partition C, which opening is closed by the slide valve or gate G, operated by the rod g. In practice the greater part of the water remains in the compartment B, and after administering the medicine the gate G is opened, and the water from the oompartment B will iicw into the compartment A, which can be rinsed, and the water discharged through the nozzle D, thus cleansing it too. l

Having thus described my invention, what l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

l. A drenching-horn composed of two receptacles, each receptacle having a nozzle, substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

2. The herein shown and described drench Ico ing-horn, composed of 2L vessel, the partition In testimony whereoflaffixmysgnatureu dividing the vessel into Jmvo receptacles which presence of two witnesses. have communication with one smother, the

\ X T Valve for shutting off the communication be- GEORGE A' DURAN tween Jhe two receptacles, and the nozzles, ltnessesz one for each `receptacle, substantially as and 1 CHARLES LINE,

for the purpose described. H. Il'. REED. 

